I Affiliate at Honeycotnb. l lptn 3am.
Free. l2 Attg. The biggest names on the Scottish scene all gather for this new mid-week session. Drum & bass is the tnusic of choice and this fortnight‘s practitioners are (i-Mac and DD joined by live Leeds crew lipoc.
I Audio Tourism at Pivo Bar Club. ()pm-‘3am. Free. Weekly. Start the weekend off nice and early with a selection of breaks. Ré’eB and urban tracks from Ci-Mae and (ieorge.
I Born to Be Wide at the Venue.
l lpm—3am. Free. l2 Aug. New music industry social clttb that plans to bring musos. journalists. promoters. record shop workers and musicians together. Will) a varied soundtrack from various industry bods. Baby Tiger Aftershow Party on l2 Attg straight after the ballboy gig.
I Bounce at Po Na Na. l()ptn 3am. £3--£4. Weekly. Student night down l’o Na Na quite literally gets the place jumpin' with its mix of hip hop. R&B and drinks promos.
I Club Simba at the Cellar Bar. l()pm- 3am. Free before 1 lpm; £2 alter. Weekly. The Cellar Bar continues its reclamation as a quality clttbbing vetttte with this tnix of African. Caribbean and Latin infectious beats.
I Dfrnt Drum at ligo. l lptn 3am. £4. 5 Aug. A skewed lake oi) the club format from this twisted indie/electro night featuring Hobbes and ()li Findlay. Joined by Creme de Menthe one of (ilasgow‘s tttost promising new solo electronic artists releasing on Twitch & Wilkes ()SCARR label and receiving praise from the likes of Alli/2'.
I El Barrio at F] Barrio. l()ptn 3am. Free. Weekly. Nightly fiesta in the rum- soaked Latin Quarter of lidinburgh.
I Fast and Hide This Train at the Bongo Club. l()pm 3am. £5 (£4). 5 Aug. Fortnightly. Two clubs for the price of one. Fast offers the best in high energy rock'n'roll. garage and punk while Ride This Train goes all rebel country on your ass.
I Filthee Disco at City: lidinburgh. l lpm-5am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. Weekly. l'rban music for the modern clubber from DJ Filthce and Disco Dan.
I Genetic at (‘itrtts Clttb. l lptn 3am. Free before I l.3()pm: £2 after. Weekly. Still a mighty popular soiree that showcases alternative. indie and lo-fi. No smoking at the bar. mind.
I The GOuLaG BeAt at ligo. Next date 26 Aug.
I Green Onions at Rt-Ll) Vodka Clttb. l()ptn 3am. £2. 12 Aug. Monthly. With [Edinburgh's liv'eliest duo MC l’rofisee (Scotland Yard) and Nasty l’ (Soul Bisettits) bringing the best in ‘mttsic for acquired tastes' from old school hip hop to funk.
I lnna Soul at RliD Vodka Clttb. l()pm~3am. £2. 5 Aug. Monthly. Taking inspiration frotn the likes of King Tubby. Peter Tosh. Beenie Man. 100‘; Dynamite all delivered to you by the Mighty Howard and the lnna Soul Band. I Me Suena Tu Cara at the Bongo Cltib. llptn 5am. £7 (£5). 12 Aug. Four piece Spanish/Brazilian band with African rhythms plus a bit of ska. reggae and bossa action frotn the l)Js.
I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge. l()pm 3am. £3. Weekly. Classic dance anthems and funky vocal house from J’l‘. I Phuture House at Rt-Lt) Vodka Club. Next date 26 Aug.
I The Pidgeon Club at Cocteau Lounge (downstairs at ligo). Next date l‘) Aug.
I Poison at ()piutn. l lpm 3am. Free. Weekly. ()ld school metal with a glam edge as all the favourites are wheeled ottt in the shape of cuts from Alice Cooper. Black Sabbath. Lynrd Skynrd. Aerosmith. Twisted Sister. Iron Maiden etc.
Fast at the Bongo Club. Thu 5 Aug
I The Realness at Medina.
l()pm 3am. £2. Weekly. Mixing up ttnderground hip hop on a weekly basis we have residents Jce-4ce. l).l lil.. DJ l);t\ c and lSl’. Witlt regttlar special guests and live v isuals. l2 Aug sees another beatbox special following the huge success of the previous event it's back with a vengeance for the fest will) Smol ()ne supported by fellow b—boxers Break Time t/itiibalvwe) and Tick Tack (l’oland).
I Red Light Gang at RFD \‘odka Club. Next date 1‘) Aug.
I Reflex at Why Not'.’ l()ptn 3am. £4. Weekly. New Stls revival night playing the best and worst tunes frotn the decade taste forgot.
I Las Salinas at Faith. 10.30pm 5am. £4 (£5). Weekly. Laid back party w ill) fantastic drink offers all night. Rth and funky house with live percussion from l’epe attd friends.
I The Snatch Social at the Liqttid Room. lllfitlpm 5am. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. Funky disctv—cum-cabaret cotnpercd by Tap Water Award w inner 'I’ony Carter and Harry .-\insworth. With fttnk and hip hop tunes frotn Babes and 'l'rendy Wendy (monthly resident). ls there any club that slots into the Festival as well as Snatch‘.’ I think not. and to prove the point the tnighty Cuban Brothers rain down insanity on l2 Aug.
I Soul Searching at Medina.
l()pm 3am. Free. l2 Aug. Fortnightly. Night of Latin and African house. drum &
bass. hip hop. reggae. art and film all under
the stewardship of Howard Bridges with live music from reggae/soul act Inna Soul. I Spank! at the Smirnoff l'ndcrbclly. midnight 4am. £0 (£3). Weekly. James Wren and Leon l’lcut'y bring their Spank? experience up frotn London blurring the line between club. comedy and cabaret. lixpect live music. stand up. DJs. surrealism and plenty of other ttnclassifiablc extras.
I Toxic at ligo. l lptt) 3am. £tbc. Weekly. Billed as ‘gay life on the edge' with Mike 'l‘hornton and guests (not to be confused with the metal night of the same name dovvti ()pium).
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I Whoopee at (‘ Central.
midnight 2am. £9.50 (£8.50; £7.50 Fringe participants). Weekly. lidinburgh goes burlesque as the glitter-caked Whoopee makes its lidinbttrgh debut. Revered by the likes of The [‘ilt‘t’. 'I'ltt‘ (hum/run and Channel 4 in its London incarnation this is erotic. cheeky cabaret with (rape/e. tassels and transformations.
Chart & Party
I Espionage at lispionage. 7pm 3am.
Free. “eels'ly. Five bill‘s over five floors playing everything from R&B to mainstream chart action with plenty of dark corners for copping off.
I A Tribute to . . . at Mood.
0pm 3am. Free before I lpm; £2 after (Free to members). Weekly. (‘harl tunes from the ()()s to yesterday. with live tribute acts dropping by each week.
I Vinyl at Massa. 8pm 3am. Free. Weekly. Commercial chart and dattcc courtesy of Paul Funkstet'. plus drinks promos aplenty for those who want to start the weekend fashionably early.
Edlnburgh Fridays
Club I 33/45 at Cabaret Voltaire.
l()..i()pm .ian). £5. Weekly. Damn sexy
soulful hottse from l)Js Leon and Casper.
I Access at the Honeycomb.
l lptn 3am. £tbc. l3 Aug. 'l‘echno. electro and house from the Dropottt DJs (Bodyfunk. Rehab. Hitstler. Blend and
ltos) who host this Avionix Record party.
I Alterna at ()piutn. 8pm 3am. Free. Weekly. lidinburgh's home of rock goes alternative for their end of week session.
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I Audio Tourism at Pivo Bar Club. 9pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Digging deep into their well-stocked boxes for hours of cool cuts with a transatlantic house flavour.
I Beatroot at Ego. Next date 27 Aug. t I Bio-Rhythm at the Honeycomb. Next date 20 Aug. ; I Blaze at Ego. l lpm—3am. £3—£4. 6 ; Aug. Fortnightly. James Longworth . ignites the gay weekend. with plenty of 7 £l drinks promos to fuel the frivolities. I Blow Your Head at the Vaults. l().3()pm—3am. £4. 6 Aug. Euan Robertson mixes up the funk. classic hip hop. disco and house for this
eclectic block party.
I Do This Do That at Honeycomb. Next date 27 Aug. 9 I Dogma at Studio 24. Next date 2() Aug.
I Dr No’s at Studio 24. l lpm—3am. i £5 (£4). 6 Aug. Monthly. The original Jamaican ska and classic rocksteady . night migrates to Studio 24‘s intimate upstairs space. now featuring the Dr No‘s house band (on stage at turn approx).
I El Barrio at El Barrio. l()pm—3am. : Free. Weekly. See Thu. 5 I Evol at the Liquid Room. ‘ l().3()pm—5am. £5. Weekly. Edinburgh's longest running indie night. heading for ' its big 13th birthday on 27 Aug. With the usual tnix of the best current and classic alternative. crossover tunes. it's
an institution already and with the
recent addition of the back room (now manned by the venerable Chow and . Horizontal on dex and laptops with an ‘anything but indie' remit). the future looks like a happy place for all things livol.
I Flippin’ at the Bongo Club. l().3()pm—3am. £6 (£5). 6 Aug. Another huge B-Boy night with live action. DJs. plenty of hip hop. skate films. ramps. competitions and prizes. E I Globalista at the Bongo Club.
1 lpm~5am. £8 (£6). 13 Aug. l)Js Jaffar (Senegal). linrique (Sonderumba) and ; '/.uppa lnglese (Bogota) the folk behind ; Arakatacal are back with more African. Latin. Caribbean. Salsa and Arabesque beats plus belly dancing from Zafirah
and live Afro-fusion from Diwan and Samba Sene. ‘The past present and
future sound of tropical dance‘.
I The 60-60 at Cocteau Lounge (downstairs at Ego). Next date 20 Aug.
I Manga at Honeycomb. l lpm—3am.
£9 (£7 members). 6 Aug. Scotland‘s premier drum & bass session are joined
by the magnificent DJ Fierce
(Quarantine Records) to start the
festival off in style. For more info check www.club-manga.co.uk.
I Mocha Rocka! at Berlin Bierhaus. Next date 27 Aug.
I Modern Lovers at Ego.
l lpm—5am. £4 before midnight; £5
after. 6 Aug. L'p-beat tnix of Northern Sottl. deep funk. hatntnond jazz and
retro soundtraxs served up by your hosts Craig Jatnieson and Andrew Divine (Divine. Funk Room) as they host their very own International Soul Festival.
I No Strings Attached at the
Venue. Next date 27 Aug.
I Opal Lounge at ()pal Lounge. . l()pm-3am. £5. Weekly. Fttnked up vocal house and dance classics from
Stevie (i and Callttm Murray.
I Pogo Vogue at the Bongo Club.
Next date 27 Aug.
I Pop Fiction (formerly Time Tunnel) at Massa. l()pm—3am. £5. Weekly. Trendy Wendy and regular
guests (inc Betty Ford) lay down a the coolest blend of pop. funk. soul. disco. R&B. hip hop and house with a real j sense of fun. Plenty of drinks promos on offer an' all.
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